Viewability issues with online advertising get all the (bad) attention but viewability is equally problematic in television, according to a study by IPG Media Lab. Just 71% of TV ads were viewable – in the sense of having humans in the room watching – which is barely different from the 69% of online ads that were viewable due to fraud and other problems.
CDP Arm Treasure Data has added features to make it easier for marketers to access the data it assembles, including a new Audience Studio to built segments, run predictive analytics, and activate customer lists. Other new features include policy-based permissions, new integrations including Box and Snowflake, and a European data center.
Sticking with business news, identity management vendor Okta has acquired workflow vendor Azuqua. TechCrunch reported the price at $52.5 million. Azuqua will make it easier for Okta clients to build applications that span systems without requiring employees and customers to log in more than once.
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that could potentially ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell its holdings within a year. The bill now goes to the President Biden, who has said he will sign it. Court challenges are likely to follow.